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Adam Kinzinger

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Adam Kinzinger is a former U.S. Representative for Illinois's 16th congressional district, serving from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Kinzinger gained national attention for his outspoken views on various political issues, particularly his criticism of former President Donald Trump. He was one of the few Republicans to support the impeachment of Trump and served on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot.

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Feb 13, 2018

OK. Well, if you could just follow up with us, that would be great because I think that is an important provision that, if it is effectively implemented, it is critical to the safety of the driving public.

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Feb 13, 2018

I would like to discuss my amendment to the FAST Act requiring automobile manufacturers to provide original equipment defective parts data to the professional automotive recycling industry.

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Feb 5, 2018

What we are saying, though, is we are going to destroy his ability to violate world norms since World War 1.

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Feb 5, 2018

If the Americans lead on this, lead on this, we will get other countries to follow.

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Feb 5, 2018

That is a problem. But beyond that it is the 7- and the 8-year-olds in refugee camps right now that are seeing a world that has left them behind.

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Feb 5, 2018

I think investing in a kid's education is way cheaper than a 500-pound GBU in the future.

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Feb 5, 2018

We have to I think take this issue very seriously.

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Feb 5, 2018

I think it has gotten way worse than what we even predicted.

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Feb 5, 2018

Look, this is 100 percent predictable where we are at right now. We predicted this years ago when this all started.

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Feb 5, 2018

I truly believe this bipartisan bill is a step in the right direction to help our existing fleet.

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Feb 5, 2018

Nuclear power is vital to our Nation and to our national security.

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Feb 5, 2018

Nuclear power provides reliable, carbon-free electricity around the clock, even when it is negative 15.

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Jan 17, 2018

So we don't have to be scared of the future because it's coming. We just have to figure out how to lead and innovate in that process.

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Jan 16, 2018

I think if we go to a posture of saying we are going to just simply accept a nuclear North Korea... I think that spells, in effect, the end of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty for the world.

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Jan 16, 2018

I actually give the President a lot of props for having really brought this to the forefront.

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Jan 16, 2018

I think back, and I don't know if it is a good comparison--I think it is--to Neville Chamberlain coming back from his negotiations with Chancellor Hitler in a very difficult time...

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Jan 16, 2018

This is a regime that is dead set on destabilizing our allies in the region, all in the goal of maintaining power.

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Dec 11, 2017

So most of the people in this room could probably afford a more expensive car, but there's a vast majority--it seems like kind of a regressive tax, in essence.

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Dec 6, 2017

It is in villages like that where you will never, ever be able to recruit an enemy against the United States.

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Dec 6, 2017

I would much rather have Syria look like Libya than Libya look like Syria.

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Dec 6, 2017

I think on the other side of the aisle, my friends over there sometimes think that any budget cut is going to lead to chaos all around the globe.

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Dec 6, 2017

Focusing on the local level where there is a real impact on individual lives, that is where we need to be.

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Dec 6, 2017

I expect that probably the next generation to follow me is still going to have to fight this war to some extent.

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Dec 6, 2017

I think this fight on terror, this war on terror is basically the equivalent of a low grade World War III.

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Dec 6, 2017

I think it was the post-Libya intervention that failed.

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